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Determinants of self-employment : the case in Vietnam

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  • Thi Quynh Trang Do

    (CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Gérard Duchêne

    (CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

The determinants of self-employment are widely studied in the economic literature in recent twenty years. However, in the case of Vietnam where self-employed population takes an important proportion in workforce, it remains an under researched area. By using the data from the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey 2004 (VHLSS2004), this paper aims to provide clearer insights into this area. We use the Heckman method to determine the level and identify the factors that affect the workers' choice between self-employment and wage employment in Vietnam. We emphasize the role of expected earnings differential in workers' decision making. Comparisons between female and male workers are made. Our empirical results show that there exist a number of determinants that permit to construct the pattern of self-employed as well a salary workers in Vietnam. Regardless of educational attainment, experiences and familial background, perspective of having higher earnings plays an important role in choice behavior of workers.

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  • Thi Quynh Trang Do & Gérard Duchêne, 2007. "Determinants of self-employment : the case in Vietnam," Post-Print halshs-00281588, HAL.
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    Vietnam; Occupational choice; earnings; self-employment; entrepreneurship; informal sector; Vietnam.; Choix d'occupation; revenu; travail indépendant; entreprenariat; secteur informel;
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